baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2542363-A (GB)
Title: Groin protector
Inventor: GEORGE FOX
IPC: A63B71/12
Filed: 2015-09-16
Abstract: A groin protector for use during physical activity, comprising a cup portion 2 and at least one flange 3, wherein said flange is curved and extends from the cup, characterised in that the flange is suitable to rest against the body of the user. The cup portion and flange may be rigidly connected and may comprise a continuous member, and in use the flange may abut the pubic bones of the user. The protector may comprise a supporting foot portion and a cushioning lip 7, which may be a continuous or partial ring around the edge of the groin protector. The cup portion and the flange may both comprise either a substantially rigid or resiliently flexible material. The protector may further comprise protective pads, which may comprise at least one aperture, to protect additional areas of the users body. The groin protector may be reduced in dimension such that the protector fits the female anatomy.
Patent GB-2539057-A (GB)
Title: A valve
Inventor: PAUL THOMAS DIMMER
IPC: F16K15/06
Filed: 2015-10-13
Abstract: A valve 101 for controlling the flow of a fluid comprises a valve body defining an inlet 116 and an outlet 117 and a passage 124 extending through the body defining a flow direction between the inlet and outlet. First and second valve members 125, 126 are disposed in series in the passage and have respective first and second valve seats135, 136. The first valve member 125 and first valve seat 135 is positioned upstream of the second valve member 126 and its second valve seat 136. Each valve member is movable between a closed position and an open position and each valve member is biased to the closed position. The first valve seat 135 is positioned upstream of the first valve member 125 and the second valve seat 136 is positioned downstream of the second valve member 126.
Patent GB-2544072-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for controlling an electrical load
Inventor: PAUL MANS
IPC: H05B37/02
Filed: 2013-10-29
Abstract: Apparatus for controlling an electrical load, in particular for the environmental control of a room, such as the control of a lighting system, comprises an occupancy sensor 5 comprising a thermopile array and responsive to the presence of a person within a detection field 13. The apparatus further comprises a movement sensor 6 responsive to the movement of a person within a detection field and a controllerarranged to receive detection signals from the occupancy and movement sensors and to generate control signals for the electrical load in response thereto. The controller may be user-programmable and be configured to store data indicative of at least one priority location (14, figure 2) within the detection field of the occupancy sensor. The controller may be configured subsequently to generate a control signal in response to a detection signal from the occupancy sensor indicative of the detection of a person at the priority location.
Patent GB-2530696-A (GB)
Title: Direct-drive power conversion system for wind turbines compatable with energy storage
Inventor: GARVEY SEAMUS DOMINIC
IPC: F16H39/01
Filed: 2014-08-01
Abstract: A system is described which is suitable for extracting power directly from the main shafts of slow-moving mechanical systems such as wind-turbines. At the heart of this system is a closed gas circuit having a lower- pressure (LP) side and a higher-pressure (HP) side. Although a substantial pressure ratio exists between the two sides, even the LP side is at a pressure substantially greater than atmospheric pressure. This fact alone allows that direct drive machines coupled to the wind turbine rotors can be relatively small and affordable. The system comprises primary compressors coupled to the wind turbines, thermal stores coupled to heat-exchangers on both the LP and HP sides of the closed gas circuit, a secondary motor-compressor set and an expander-generator set. With these items, the system allows some degree of independence between the input power resource and the output power at any one time. When substantial wind power is present and the demand for electrical power is weak, this system can export a fraction of the energy captured and store the rest. When the wind resource is low, the system can export more power than is being collected by drawing exergy from the thermal stores.
Patent GB-2548417-A (GB)
Title: An interface circuit having a data bus interface
Inventor: Jan Ringkamp
IPC: H04L12/40
Filed: 2015-12-11
Abstract: There is provided an interface circuit, a network switch or network device coupler incorporating the interface circuit, and a network incorporating the network switch or network device. The interface circuit has a data bus interface (7) for connecting a data bus to either a first device (6) that communicates in a first signalling protocol or a second device (6) that communicates in a second signalling protocol. The data bus has two bus conductors that provide combined power and data. A voltage source (12) powers the data bus. The voltage source (12) is connected to the data bus via a reactance (10) and then a first resistance (4) connected in series. An output of a transmitter (13) is connected via a second resistance(3) to a point between the reactance (10) and the first resistance, to modulate the data bus.
Patent GB-2542234-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor chain map for a mining system
Inventor: GARETH RIMMINGTON
IPC: G01P3/44
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A mining system comprising a conveyor 200 with a chain 210 made up of multiple chain components and sprockets, a drive mechanism for one of the sprockets, a sensor 215 for generating a signal related to a characteristic of the conveyor and a controller (300, fig. 3) which receives the sensor signal, determines a number of chain components that have passed a datum point based on the signal and thereby the location of at least one chain component, and updates a map of the chain based on the calculated location. Preferably the characteristic of the conveyor is a position associated with the drive motor and the sensor is a tachometer. The system preferably comprises a display device which displays a graphical representation of the chain, a user being able to make a selection on this graphical representation in order to command the chain to position a particular chain component to the datum point. A method of determining a location of a chain component in a conveyor chain of a mining system is also claimed, the aim being to bring a selected chain component, e.g. chain link or flight bar, to the datum point to perform maintenance (repair or replacement) thereon.
Patent GB-2554862-A (GB)
Title: Secondary barrier system
Inventor: SVEN HALVORSEN
IPC: F17C3/04
Filed: 2016-10-04
Abstract: A secondary barrier system for a hull or a hold of a ship or a vessel, the secondary barrier system comprising: a membrane 1 and a membrane support layer 101 attachable to the hull or hold for supporting the membrane, the membrane comprising: a plurality of panels 2, 3, 4, 12, 14, 161 17, 18 covering at least a portion of the support layer and sealed to one another, characterised in that: the plurality of panels comprises at least one corrugated panel comprising at least one corrugation 41 therein; the membrane is directly attached to the support layer by at least one attachment 60; and the at least one attachment and the at least one corrugation are arranged such that, as the membrane undergoes thermal expansion and contraction, the membrane slides relative to the support layer to relieve the stress in the membrane. The membrane may comprise Invar. Also included are claims to a barrier system comprising a primary barrier and a secondary barrier system where the primary barrier is a tank supported by at least one support member.
Patent GB-2556914-A (GB)
Title: Battery system
Inventor: STEPHEN GREETHAM
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2016-11-25
Abstract: A battery system 1 (e.g. for an electric vehicle (EV) combined charging system (CCS)) comprises positive and negative charge-discharge terminals 2, 3; a first battery 4 and a first unidirectional switch 6 connected in series across the charge-discharge terminals; a second battery 5 and a second unidirectional switch 7 connected in series across the charge-discharge terminals; and a bridging switch 8, connected in series between a positive terminal 42 of the first battery and a negative terminal 53 of the second battery. The first unidirectional switch provides a conductive path from the positive charge-discharge terminal to the positive terminal of the first battery. The second unidirectional switch provides a conductive path from the negative terminal of the second battery to the negative charge-discharge terminal. In a first configuration, with both unidirectional switches closed and the bridging switch open, the batteries are connected in parallel across the charge-discharge terminals. In a second configuration, with both unidirectional switches open and the bridging switch closed, the batteries are connected in series across the charge-discharge terminals. In an alternative battery system 300, the switching arrangement is replaced by a diode 301, 302 and a single-pole, double-throw contactor switch 311, 312 arranged in series with a respective battery.
Patent GB-2543671-A (GB)
Title: Container
Inventor: LEIGH JOWETT
IPC: B65D43/16
Filed: 2014-08-08
Abstract: A container 10 has a base 12, side walls 14 a hinged 17 lid 16. Moving the lid from the closed position to an open position involves a rotation of at least 270 degrees about the hinge axis. When the lid 16 is open the container can be nested within a similar container with their lids aligned or nested. Ideally the lid is wider near the hinge 44 than at its free end 48 to assist nesting, preferably due to an offsetting shoulder 46. There may also be steps 26, 28 in the surface of the lid, parallel with the hinge axis, separating planar portions 30, 34, 36 at different levels to reinforce the lid and assist nesting. The lid can have skirt portions either side of its rim which the planar region(s) of an above containers lid can fit between. The upper edge of a side wall can have a cap locating recess.
Patent GB-2546177-A (GB)
Title: Rotor of rotating electrical machine, rotating electrical, machine and air conditioning device
Inventor: HIROSHI YAMANAKA
IPC: H02K1/30
Filed: 2014-10-22
Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine has a boss into which a shaft is inserted, a rotor yoke which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the boss and to which a plurality of pole pieces is annularly connected, and a linking member comprising resin for integrally molding the boss and the rotor yoke. Each of the plurality of pole pieces has an injection hole formed in an axial direction for injecting the resin at the time of integral molding.
Patent GB-2551003-A (GB)
Title: A method of making a header plate for a heat exchanger
Inventor: JONATHAN TURNBULL
IPC: F28F9/12
Filed: 2017-03-23
Abstract: A method of making a header plate 10 comprises the steps of coining a groove 50 in a sheet metal blank 48 (stage 1), using a press tool to press the floor of the groove between two tool parts 60, 62 such that the floor of the groove cracks (stage 3), and pushing a different tool 60 through the floor of the groove to form a slot (12, fig. 6) with a drawn lip (16, fig.6) therearound (stage 5). At least one of the tool parts 60 may present a ridge shaped surface. The method may include, between the steps of coining and cracking, a step of drawing the blank to increase the groove depth. The method may include the further steps of creating tabs 30 and flaring the tabs outwardly of the slot. The header plate may be used for a heat exchanger, such as in a vehicle. The tabs act as a guide or lead-in for a tube (14, fig 12) entering the slot.
Patent GB-2562803-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor apparatus
Inventor: TERENCE BRATTON
IPC: B65G21/18
Filed: 2017-05-26
Abstract: A conveyor apparatus 1 comprising a base frame 7and an extendable frame 9 supported therein also has a drive assembly configured to displace the extendable frame with respect to the base frame between an extended state and a retracted state (see Fig 1). Extendable frame 9 comprises a plurality of frame parts 31, 32 in an end-to-end arrangement. At least two adjacent frame parts 31, 32 are pivotably coupled together via securing arrangement 30 pivoting about a transverse axis that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the extendable frame. The plurality of securing arrangements 30 comprise coupled female and male portions 33, 34 The arrangement therefore allows the conveyor arrangement to assume an arcuate or cambered boom configuration.
Patent GB-2551092-A (GB)
Title: Methods of manufacturing security documents and security devices
Inventor: BRIAN WILLIAM HOLMES
IPC: B42D25/40
Filed: 2016-07-11
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a security device comprising providing a transparent substrate 2, conveying it along a transport path in a machine direction and simultaneously applying an array of focusing elements 20 to a first side 2a of the substrate while applying a image array 30 to the second side 2b of the substrate, where the focussing element and the image array are registered to one another in at least the machine direction. The image array and focussing element may be applied by a focussing element roller 221 and an image roller 302 and the image and focussing elements may be formed at a nip between the rollers. Also disclosed is a method of forming an array of focusing elements on a security document using a die form to apply a transparent curable material to a substrate.
Patent GB-2566451-A (GB)
Title: Drag and biofouling growth reducing fabric for aquaculture
Inventor: SANJAY VASUDEO RAUT
IPC: D03D15/00
Filed: 2017-09-12
Abstract: A fabric that allows water exchange through the fabric comprises woven fabric with warp and weft yarns of different deniers (or tex). The fabric may include at least one of a) an antifouling additive incorporated in the yarns during extrusion; b) a foul release additive incorporated in the yarns during extrusion; or c) an additive to increase the specific gravity of the yarns. The difference in denier between the warp and the weft yarns may be more than 20. The fabric may be installed around a single aquaculture cage or full farm for blocking harmful pests from entering the cage/farm. The fabric may be used as a filter bag to filter out harmful pests in delousing applications at salmon farms.
Patent GB-2555222-A (GB)
Title: Formation independent cement evaluation with active gamma ray detection
Inventor: YIKE HU
IPC: G01V5/12
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: A method for cement evaluation may include generating a gamma ray, from a radioactive source, into cement disposed between a casing and a geological formation. Photons reflected from the geological formation and the cement are detected on a gamma detector having a collimator. A detector-to-source distance, a collimator angle, and/or a collimator diameter are set to provide an energy spectra independent of the geological formation. The quality of the cement may be determined based on the energy spectra of the detected photons.
Patent GB-2558060-A (GB)
Title: Generating an output for a neural network output layer
Inventor: REGINALD CLIFFORD YOUNG
IPC: G06N3/10
Filed: 2017-10-30
Abstract: Neural network and method of processing a neural network, including a softmax output layer which processes the outputs of the neural network. The softmax output layer applies a softmax function, i.e. determining, for each possible output value, a number of occurrences in the layer output values; for each possible output value occurring in the layer output values, determining a respective exponentiation measure; determining a normalization factor for the layer output by combining the exponentiation measures in accordance with the number of occurrences of the possible output values; and determining, for each of layer output values, a softmax probability value. The neural network output may be processed using mapping data which may specify a scaling factor for scaling each of the plurality of initial layer output values, the layer output optionally being computed using quantized arithmetic or fixed-point arithmetic.
Patent GB-2556213-A (GB)
Title: Selectively skipping transceivers to enhance communication quality and speed
Inventor: ZEKE SHASHOUA
IPC: E21B47/14
Filed: 2015-07-13
Abstract: A system for improving communication between surface and downhole equipment, in some embodiments, comprises: a first transceiver in a formation; a second transceiver in the formation; and a third transceiver in the formation, the second transceiver positioned between the first and third transceivers, wherein, upon determining that a communication quality metric pertaining to wireless communication in the formation fails to meet a criterion, the first transceiver transmits data to the second transceiver, wherein, upon determining that said communication quality metric meets the criterion, the first transceiver transmits said data to the third transceiver in lieu of transmitting said data to the second transceiver.
Patent GB-2568535-A (GB)
Title: Tugboat
Inventor: THOMAS BANGSLUND
IPC: B63B35/68
Filed: 2017-11-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a line handling system 10 for a tugboat 1. The line handling system 10 comprises an actuatable coupling mechanism (200, fig. 10) for coupling together a line 13 of the tugboat 1 and a line 20 of the marine vessel 2 by applying a connector (210, fig 10) to the lines 13, 20 when actuated. Preferably, the connector comprises a length of wire cut from a supply (220, fig 10) and wrapped about the lines and twisted together to connect the lines. Preferably the line handling system is equipped with a pair of prongs (231, 232, figure 10) which act as a line engager to engage the line of the marine vessel
Patent GB-2571537-A (GB)
Title: Enhance composting apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW HENRY FREDRICK GEORGE WILDERS
IPC: C05F17/02
Filed: 2018-02-28
Abstract: A composting apparatus 2 has a body 4 defining a volume 6 for receiving material 8 to be composted, an aperture 12 for providing access to the volume 6, and at least one air inlet 13. A closure member 10 at least partially closes the aperture 12 to restrict access to the volume 6. The closure member 10 has a peripheral groove (50, fig. 2) and the body 4 of the composting apparatus has an upper peripheral edge 51 shaped to cooperate and engage with the peripheral groove (50, fig. 2) and at least part of the closure member 10. At least part of the body 4 and/or the closure member 10 are adapted to resiliently deform while engaging one another, wherein the resilient material is preferably a deformable plastic material or foam material. A gas flow restriction means 26, 34 restricts flow of gas at elevated temperature from the first volume 6 to the exterior of the body and/or the closure member. The apparatus may further comprise an aeration plate 14 which allows passage of liquid from the first volume 6 to a second volume 24, and may allow gas to diffuse into the composting material 8.
Patent GB-2560444-A (GB)
Title: Water-in-oil emulsion compositions
Inventor: ERIC RIRSCH
IPC: C09D183/04
Filed: 2018-03-08
Abstract: Claimed is an emulsifier-free water-in-oil composition comprising: an amino-functional siloxane polymer; an ionic salt (<5 wt.%); and water, wherein the water is present in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the composition. Preferably, the composition is in the form of a cream. Preferably, the degree of substitution of nitrogen in the amino-functional siloxane polymer is in the range 0.4% to 2% nitrogen. Preferably, the water is present as at least 70 wt.% of the composition. Most preferably, the ionic salt is present at up to 2 wt.% of the composition. Preferably, the composition further comprises an amino-free siloxane polymer, most preferably polydimethylsixolane (PDMS, dimethicone). Preferably the amino-functional and amino-free siloxane polymers account for less than 10 wt.% of the composition. Preferably, the composition further comprises a silane and/or a hydrocarbon solvent. Composition may be used for the hydrophobic treatment of a building material (e.g. wood, timber, masonry, cement etc.).
Patent GB-2564739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to goods movement apparatus
Inventor: WILLIAM MARK ADAMS
IPC: B62D33/04
Filed: 2018-04-19
Abstract: A goods movement trailer includes a storage cavity having a first 20 and second 22 vertically spaced floors defining upper 26 and lower 24 storage cavity portions. The base floor includes a change in angle 17, increasing the height 19/19 between the lower and upper floors. The upper floor may include a change in angle 21 nearer the rear end 12, or vertically above the base floor angle change. A second disclosed trailer comprises two decks diverging away from each other and away from the roof in direction towards the rear end. A third disclosed trailer comprises a moveable upper floor, which may be vertically lowered for loading and unloading (figure 3a). A fourth disclosed trailer comprises an upper floor angularly offset from the roof, wherein the distance between the floor and the roof progressively increases towards the rear end. A fifth disclosed trailer comprises a tail lift (82, figure 8), wherein an external platform (84) moves upwardly and downwardly along at least part of the access opening height, and both external (84) and internal (86) platform moves vertically along at least part of the access opening height.
Patent GB-2562942-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid 3D geocellular representation of selected natural fracture network subsets
Inventor: AMIT KUMAR
IPC: G06T17/05
Filed: 2016-02-29
Abstract: A computer-implemented method to generate a hybrid three-dimensional ("3D") geocellular grid, the method comprising: utilizing reservoir data to generate a fracture network; selecting a first fracture subset in the fracture network; selecting a second fracture subset, different from the first fracture subset, in the fracture network; refining cells of a 3D geocellular grid near the first fracture subset; upscaling the second fracture subset; and embedding the first fracture subset and the upscaled second fracture subset within the 3D geocellular grid, thereby generating a hybrid 3D geocellular grid.
Patent GB-2578297-A (GB)
Title: Trusted intermediary realm
Inventor: NICHOLAS WOOD
IPC: G06F12/14
Filed: 2018-10-19
Abstract: Memory access circuitry controls access to memory regions based on ownership information defining, for a given memory region, an owner realm specified from among two or more realms, each realm corresponding to at least a portion of a software processes running on processing circuitry. The owner realm has a right to exclude other realms from accessing data stored within the given memory region. A realm management unit controls the operation of a given realm based on security configuration parameters associated with the given realm. When security configuration parameters for a given realm specify that the given realm is associated with a trusted intermediary realm identified by the security configuration parameters, the realm management unit the trusted intermediary realm to perform at least one realm management function for the given realm, for example provision of secret keys and/or saving/restoring of security configuration parameters. The trusted intermediary realm can be a realm other than the parent realm of the given realm in a hierarchical realm system. This can enable use cases where multiple instances of the same realm with common parameters need to be established on the same system at different times or on different systems.